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Talented 'Oz' act honored By G. PATRICK GRIMES Banner-Graphic Staff Writer Jamey Holland and Julie Stockwell followed the yellow brick road to first place in the 1979 Putnam County 4-H fair talent contest Saturday evening in the inside arena. They sang and danced to “If I Only Had A Brain” from the popular play and movie “The Wizard of Oz.” The two were accompanied on the piano by Pat Hedrick. FIRST PLACE INCLUDED a SIOO cash award. Holland’s mother, Mary, also made the Saturday night finals and won SSO for third place. She and her partner, Diana Kulere Kemp, sang a medly of “oldies but goodies” for the packed arena. Other winners included: Second place and $75 to a chorus line consisting of Heather Kauble, Kimberly Hinkle, Misty Pegg, Melinda Nicholson, Tawnya Pierce and Joyce Heinlein; and fourth place and $25 to Michele Walt for her acrobatic routine to the song “Greased Lightning.” Honorable mentions were given to Darlene Schopmeyer, Jenny Dunivan, Angela Chambers, Chrystal Sutherlin, Maggie Rowings and Sue Thomas. Each received $lO cash. DURING THE PAUSE for the judges’ final decision, the “Variations” performed for the anxious crowd. A dance group, consisting of students of Greencastle’s Dance Workshop, the Variations performed a modern dance that was a real crowd pleaser. Karen Hill Dean and Mike Baker were emcees for the entire talent contest, which included two nights of preliminaries prior to Saturday’s finals.

Local Democrats to fill ballot vacancies Aug. 14

Three vacancies on the Democrat ballot in the November Greencastle city general election will be filled at a special meeting Wednesday, Aug. 15, Putnam County Democrat Chairman Tom Buis announced Monday. THE PUTNAM COUNTY Democrat Central Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday at City Hall to determine candidates for city clerk-treasurer, First Ward councilman and Fourth Ward councilman. Prospective candidates must file a declaration of candidacy with Buis 72 hours prior to the meeting, or by 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12. Anyone needing further information may contact Buis at 653-6321. In late June, Lloyd Ellis, 105 E. Shadowlawn, was named to fill the spot on the City Council created by

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"...Or, Some People go both ways,” Scarecrow Jamey Holland explains to yellow brick road-bound Dorothy (Julie Stockwell) during their performance of "If I Only Had a Brain” Saturday night during the

the resignation of First Ward Councilman Ron Pitcock. Ellis is expected to seek the spot Pitcock also vacated on the November ballot. THE FOURTH WARD ballot vacancy was created when candidate Lloyd H. Bumgardner, an unopposed victor in the May primary, moved from his South Indiana Street home and was forced to withdraw from the Fourth W r ard race. The Democrats had no candidate for city clerk-treasurer on the May primary ballot, but according to law may select one for the November election. The process worked well for the county Republican, who in precisely the same manner chose Sharon Hammond, who was elected county clerk last fall.

Organ builder Aikman fulfilling his wildest pipe dreams

By AGNES KING Banner-Graphic Staff Writer Kevin Aikman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Aikman, 801 Highwood, Greencastle, has developed an interesting hobby turned profession during the last four years. Kevin is Greencastle’s resident organ builder and repairman. During his senior year at Greencastle High School, young Aikman developed an interest in building pipe organs. “I guess it was the combination of music and the mechanical apparatus that appealed to me,” he said. “In my senior year I started taking organ lessons from Mrs. Arthur Carkeek and I guess my interest in the instrument just grew. “I BUILT MY FIRST organ in my bedroom at home during 1976-77. I bought the parts from an old organ in Michigan and brought it home to assemble. It worked, which encouraged me to tackle another project. “So I started checking out the church organs around town and discovered the organ at the Presbyterian Church. I tried to buy it from them which didn’t work out, so I offered to dig up the old console (keyboard) and hook it up for them. I took the console home and rebuilt it from scratch and then hooked it up in working order. They were evidently so pleased that they sold their electrc.iic device and use the original organ all the time.” Rev. Tom Heinlein of the Greencastle Presbyterian Church adds to Kevin’s ac-

Putnam County 4-H Fair Talent Show. "The Wizard of Oz” rendition earned the pair first place in the contest over nine other finalists at the inside arena. (Banner-Graphic photo by G. Patrick Grimes).

"Frantic Fred'

Lamar, DPU disciples subject of wire service feature story

By ASSOCIATED PRESS They admit they can’t change the world, but DePauw University’s mini-Peace Corps is looking forward to the change a tiny corner of it. While their schoolmates have dispersed for a summer of fun and sun, 80 students are planning a mission to the Central American jungle some 2,500 miles away, taking shovels and medical supplies with them. The trip is the brainchild of Fred Lamar, a lanky Methodist chaplain whose manic energy has earned him the nickname “Frantic Fred.” THE ADVENTURE grew out of his weekend student service projects in 1976. It’s been growing ever since, with donations pouring in from churches, hospitals and alumni, and pleas for help flooding in from rural Central America. Lamar says he’s alread received at least a dozen requests from villages who would like the students to build churches or or-

claim. “Personally, I think the guy is an electronic genius. We were interested in keeping the old organ in the church but were told by organ repairmen that to restore the instrument would cost $25,000.

Putnam County's per capita income ranks 69th

By G. PATRICK GRIMES Banner-Graphic Staff Writer Putnam County’s per capita personal income rose by 30.6 per cent from 1973 to 1977, according to a study by Indiana University’s Morton J. Marcus, a research economist. The IU professor’s report says, however, that Putnam County’s average personal income is now $5,827, more than SI,OOO below the state average of $6,922. AS COMPARED TO other counties, Putnam is 69th in per capital personal income, and 70th in rate of per capita personal income increases. Indiana’s No. 1 ranking per capita personal income county is Pike, located in the prime coal mining section of the State. Crawford County was the lowest with $4,370, or 36 per cent below the state average. One of our neighboring counties, Clay,

North Putnam to reopen Aug. 23

ROACHDALE-School will begin for North Putnam High School students on Thursday, Aug. 23, according to an announcement received from the office of Supt. Larry Williams. Students should pay book rental, pay class fees and make schedule changes before the opening date. New students should also register before Aug. 23. THE NORTH PUTNAM High School office will be open daily from Ba.m. to noon and 1 p.m. t03:45 p.m. Regular school lunches will be served starting Thursday, Aug. 23 and will cost 65

phanages or set up medical clinics in their area next January. “I look at these requests - it’s so hard to say no. Whatever we do, we’ll be half wrong. I have to keep telling myself that this is an education for students and not a world-saving, do-goodist exercise.” THIS YEAR. 100 students and 30 volunteer professionals carted 117 boxes of drugs and a quarter-ton of building supplies into the jungles and cities of Central America. Next January, a 100-member team of students and professionals will divide their manpower between building projects and medical clinics in Haiti and Honduras and irrigation ditches in Guatemala. They’ll pay $525 apiece for the privilege. They go to exercise a little missionary zeal, to travel. They return changed people, Lamar says. A FIVE-STUDENT committee, evaluating the program since they returned from their last trip in January, has

KEVIN AIKMAN: Appearing nightly at the organ

We didn’t have that kind of money and we actually thought it was of no value. “WE COULDN’T EVEN find the console, but Kevin dug it up and completely rebuilt it. The organ is a 1927 instrument

was ranked fifth in the state for per cent of increase in personal per capita income during the five-year span. From 1973 to 1977, Clay’s average income increased 50.3 per cent which raised its average personal income to $6,274. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR fared worse than Putnam County in the study. Owen County ranked 91st out of 92 Indiana counties in average personal income, and only mustered an increase of 23.8 per cent for a rank of 86th. Other figures include: Hendricks, 20th in average personal per capita income with $7,101 and 34th in increases with 39.4 per cent; Parke, 75th in income with an average of $5,427 and 78th in increases with only 28 per cent; Montgomery, with an average income of $6,833 ranking 30th and a per capita increase of 37.9 per cent which ranks 43rd. The biggest reason for the huge increase

cents. An ala carte line will also be available to students. There will be no scheduled conferences for freshman students and their parents. Those who wish to schedule a conference should contact the high school guidance director. THIS THURSDAY, Aug. 9, the guidance director will be available for conferences with new students and those students requesting schedule changes. Students may pay for book rental and class fees at the bookstore on Aug. 15. Senior students interested in participating

been considering some possible changes, including reducing the number of sites and students and screening prospective participants more thoroughly. Lamar says he’s hopeful that those screenings won’t turn the project into an enterprise for “elitists.” That would defeat its purpose, he says. “I want people who have come to a new perception of who they are, which I think is a more complete perception. I would rather take the ones who might not be able to hack it, because they’re the ones who get the most out of it.” LAMAR RECOUNTS THE story of one head-turning beauty who showed up for her first construction assignment dressed in designer clothes and wearing nail polish. “By the end of the second week, she had scabs on her legs and her hair was stringy, and she loved it. She found out that she had a body that was as good as anybody else’s body and it wasn’t just a bit of decoration.

and now works beautifully. This also helped us keep with our goals of restoring the church authentically. We paid Kevin a nominal fee for parts and labor and certainly nothing close to $25,000. He just did a

statewide is inflation according to Marcus. Inflation also keeps Hoosiers from reaping any benefits that higher incomes might provide, because the prices rise with the wages. Indiana’s per capita personal income increased by 41 per cent during the period. Meanwhile, the national consumer price index jumped 36.4 per cent. FIVE COUNTIES IN the northwestern part of Hoosierland were among the lowest ranked as far as per capita personal income increases are concerned, they are: Newton, Jasper, Union, Benton, and Warren counties. All five had income increases of less than 19 per cent over the five year period. Marcus, writing in the current issue of the School of Business’ Indiana Business Review Data Supplement, explained that person income consists of wages, salaries, transfer payments, employment benefits and other receipts of individuals.

in the student work-release program should attend a meeting to be held on Aug. 20. Parents of these students are also requested to attend. Aug. 23 will be the first day of school for students in grades 9-12. These students will be dismissed at 1:30 p.m. STUDENTS IN GRADES 7 and 8 will attend the first day of school on Aug. 24 and will be dismissed at 1:30 p.m. The first full day of school for North Putnam Junior-Senior High School students will be on Monday, Aug. 27.

She could do things - she could be her own person. “I think there’s something a little bit honest in the dirt and in the very simple life.” LIFE IN POOR JUNGLE villages may be simple, but it’s not easy, Lamar admits. “I lived with one team in the village of Chachaguala. we had the very best of accommodations in the ‘Chachaguala Hilton’ - we slept on the concrete floor of a threeroom schoolhouse. We learned to hang our sleeping bags from the rafters because the scorpions couldn’t get in them that way.” Red beans and rice were three-meal-a-day fare. A nearby stream served as a community washing machine and bathtub. IT WAS UP AT DAWN, then 12 hours of hand-laying a building foundation, mixing mortar and concrete, or an endless series of teeth pullings and pill dosings - and trying to work with local leaders, who had Col. 3, back page, this section

beautiful job,” Rev. Heinlein concluded. Aikman completed this renovation and rebuilding project by the fall of 1977. He was graduated from GHS in 1977 and entered DePauw University with a major area of study in choral education, and organ as his major instrument. He then began studying organ with Prof. Arthur Carkeek, a renown instructor and organist at DePauw. Aikman’s interest in mechanics of organ building continued and his freshman winter term project was spent in Germantown, Ohio, studying with George Tavlor, an organ builder. WITH SUCCESS, KEVIN’S reputation has grown. And since 1977 he has worked on most of the organs in town and is now considered a very competent professional in the field. The hobby now yields a monetary profit but still the quest continues. During his sophomore year at DePauw, Kevin spent his winter term tuning pianos, a project he has found helpful. “Tuning an organ is more complex than tuning a piano, but the basics are similar,” Aikman notes. This year he began rebuilding another organ. This organ will be permanent and is being built in the recreation room of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on Locust Street, where Kevin is a member Aikman purchased the console from an organ builder in Indianapolis and the wind chest and pipes came from a 1914 organ out of East College. Col. 3. back page, this section